Angle-cock holder.



E. R. VIBERG.

lMJILi-I COCK HOLDER. APPLICATloN FILED JUNE 9,1914.

1,174,781. Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

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ERNEST R. VIBER-G, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA. M

.ANGLE-COCK HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1916.

- Application filed June 9, 1914. Serial No. 844,045.

To all whom t may concern. s

Be it known that Enna-sr R. VIBERG, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominionof Canada, have invented certain ne, i and useful lmprovements inAngle-Cock Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

rIhis invention relates to improvements in angle cock holders, and theobject is to provide a simple, inexpensive and reliable device whichwill hold the angle cocks at the ends of the air and steam pipes under acar against revolution and consequent leakage or loss. i

A further object is to provide a device which will support the air orsteam pipes at the extreme end, and hold the angle cock in the desiredposition relative to other parts of the car.

The device consists essentially of a. single member having a pocket forthe reception of the polygonal portion of the angle cock, communicatingat the rear with an opening for the passage of thepipe to which theangle cock is attached. rhe angle cock is insei-ted in the pocketthrough a lateral passage, so that when once in the pocket, it cannotmove in the longitudinal direction of the car, and is held againstlateral movement out of the pocket by the pipe to which it is attachedpassing through the back of the pocket.

In the drawings which illustrate the inventionz-Figure 1 is an endelevation of the device. the angle cock and pipe being removed. F ig. 2is a side elevation showing the pipe and angle cock in broken lines.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3, Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates the end silllof a. car, G a steam or air supply pipe'. and 7 the angle cockconnected thereto. The holder forming the subject of this inventionconsists preferably of a single member, which may convenientlv be in theform of a malleable casting. VThis member comprises a base 9 riveted orotherwise secured to the end sill, and having at the outer end thereof aperpendicularly depending plate 10 of suitable shape. On the outersurface of this plate, a wall 11 is provided havingan inwardlyprojecting flange l2. r[his wall and its flange, together with the plate10, form a pocket 13 for the reception of the polygonal portion 8 of theangle cock, which is usually hex.`

agonal. The wall 11 may thus be described as consisting of upper andlower horizontal portions and two intermediate portions on the sideadjacent the center line of the car arranged at an angle of 120O to oneanother and to the upper and lowerwall portions.V

The wall thus forms four sides of a hexagonal pocket, the two remainingsides which are adjacent the side of the car being omitted to permit theinsertion of the angle cock in a lateral direction. r)The flange 12 ispreferably circularly curved at its edge in place of following thehexagonal form of the wall 11, so that it will closely embrace the neckof the angle cock adjacent the polygonal portion thereof. The upper endof the wall 11 is turned upwardly at an angle of approximately 1200, andpreferably tapers down from the full height of the wall to nothing atthe base, so as to form a stiening and supporting rib 14 for the plate10. The plate 10 is provided with a circular aperture 15 for the passageof the pipe 6, this aperture being arranged concentric with the pocket13. On the inner side of the plate l0, the pipe aperture 15 issurrounded by a flange 16 of suitable depth, from which a stiffening rib17 extends to the base, this rib being preferably arranged in the sameplane as the rib 14, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. It will loe noted inthe drawings that the plate 10, while arranged in a plane perpendicularto the base, extends in an angular direction in said plane, so that thelower end of'plate is nearer the center line of the car than is thebase. This enables the base to be secured to the end sill far enough toone side to be clear of the draft gear or buffer, and yet carry the pipeas close as possible to the center of the car.

In building the cars, the holders are secured to the end sill thereof insuitable position with the pocket openings facing awav from the centerline of the car. The polygonal end of the angle cock is then inserted inthe pocket, and the pipe 6 passed through the opening 15 and screwedinto the angle cock. which is held against revolution by the holder. Itwill be readily7 understood that no amount of swinging or jerking of theair hose can loosen the cock on the pipe and permit leakage or eventualloss of the cock. Furthermore. the angle cocks are held in such a waythat they cannot be stolen without great difficulty, and cannot loewrenched olf if the air or steam is accidentally left coupled when thecars are uncoupled.

While the device has been shown of a particular ferm and described asconsisting preferably of a malleable casting, it is obvious that byslight variation in form, the kdevice may be made of drop forgings orstamped sheet. In either of these cases, it will be preferable to dividethe holder into two parts on the plane of the supporting ribs 14 and 17,which will be carried by each part and. will form flanges for connectingthe parts together. n this case, the ribs may also be extended at thelower end of the holder for the same purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A device of thecharacter described, comprising` a base, an apertured plateperpendicular thereto, a flanged wall projecting vfrom one side of saidplate forminga polygonal pocket open at the side, a collar on theopposite side of said plate surrounding the aperture thereof, astiliening rib K for the plate extending between the collar and base,and a stiii'ening rib on the opposite side of the plate tapering fromthe upper end of the pocket wall to the base and lying in the same planeas the first mentioned rib.

2. A, device of the character described, comprising` a base, a platedepending angularly therefrom in a plane perpendicular to the base, saidplate being apertured at its lowerend for the passage of a pipe, acollar surrounding the pipe aperture of said plate, a rib extendlng fromsaid collar to the base, a wall projecting from the opposite side ofsaid plate formed to engage the polygonal end of a cock screwed on saidpipe and holdv the same against revolution, and a liange projecting fromsaid wall having the edge thereof cireularly curved to embrace the neckof said cock adjacent the polygonal portion thereo't" and holdthe pipeagainst longitudinal movement through the plate.

A device of the character described, comprising a base, an aperturedplate depending from one edge of said base in an angular direction andin a plane perpendicular to the base, a flanged wall projecting from theopposite side of said plate from thebase forming a pocket concentricwith the plate aperture arranged to embrace S. R. lV. ALLEN, G. M.MORELAND.

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